Compound for removing paint.



' composition which consists soften and remove the paint, orsnarmslr sition, I employ'a mixtuire 'tion. Y p This invention relates'to' aliquid composiand the ma aroni-wooden other varnished work,,;wand"'for genera I down and purposes inJ-piace {of usual method of 'reinoving paint ALBERT JAMES HOOVER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

COMPOUND FOR IRE MOVING PAINT Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27,1903.

' Application filed. November 8, 1907. Serial No. 401,320.

To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT JAMES Hoo- VER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and Stateoi Ohio,.have invented new and useful Im rovements in Com oilnd for Removing Paint, ofwhich-the f0 lowing is a specification' for use in removing, aints, varmshes amtedor the 4 by burning. The object of the invention is to provide a of few ingredients andiyet.

all)- {i compositions" mad 'ary mannenofa large numberof ingredients, Land which leave thesurface of the wood or other, material from which the saint or f been removed clean," ry and smooth'to-receivea newcoat.

In the: preparation of y improvedicompo- 201 and Venice'tur entine, combined substantially. in the f0 lowing proportions, to wit:. alcohol, galllon (64 parts) benzol, gallon (64 parts); and Venice turpentine, 2 ounces (2 parts).

'dissolv'edtherein. The mixture 'is then ready for use.

Practi'caluse has shownthat my composition possesses peculiar softening and solving powers,wherebythe most refractory rubbing y and varnishes as thoroughly and eiiectu- 3 e up 1n the custom-.

of alcohol, benp :The alcohol and benzol arefirst mixed and the Venice turpentinepaints and varnishes may be .quickly and cleanly removed, leaving the surface dry and smooth for the reception of a new coat. The

benzol combined with the alcohol'furnishes' solution, but one not nearly a fiairly, effective so effective as ,hen the Venice turpentine is used therewith, the turpentine not only promoting the solvent actionof the alcohol and benzol but also serving to the hardened paint and atthe same time to retard the eva oration of the alcohol, thus providin 'a so ution which may be stored with less oss from evaporation for any; 'ven which enables even old and hardenedpaints to be quickly and cleanly removed, and which has been found, by test, tobe. more efficient, and at the same time materially less expensive, than compositions 'made up of a large number of, ordinary and well-known solvents.

Havin thus fully described the invention,

what c aimed as new 1s 2- 1. A liquid *paint and. varnish remover consisting essentially of a composition of alcohol, benzol and Venice turpentine- 2. A liquid paint and varnish remover comprising a composition-of alcohol, 64 parts, benzol, .64 parts, nd- Venice turpentine, 2 parts. Y

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

ALBERT JAMES HOOVER. Witnesses: f

Josnpn F. HAYS,

ANDY Bnnnmenn.

rapidly soften time. As a result, a composition 1s pro uced 

